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Assessing the Damage

MARION – Southern Illinois has begun the recovery phase in the aftermath of flooding throughout the region in late April and May, disaster response officials reported in a May 16 briefing in Marion. Bishop Gregory V. Palmer spent three days in the region May 15-17, surveying the damage, offering words of comfort and support and engaging with Red Cross and Federal Emergency Management Agency officials on the response.   “I believe the Apostle Paul was Wesleyan in that he...